"the sins you are will be the sins you are ruled by"

[NuttyFluffers]

this was a very chilling half-conscious message i received as i was wandering in and out of sleep this past morning.

and then i saw america, the ideals, the dreams, the hope of what we wished we could be. and then it was contrasted with the america that also walked in tandem: the racism, the class-ism, the arrogance, cruelty, self-righteousness, callousness, xenophobia, laziness, greed, manipulation, cronyism, and violent selfishness. and then there was the image of bush.

and then the little voice said again, "the sins you are will be the sins you are ruled by. this is your ruler, this is your reward, this is your penance. learn..."

and then images of individual lives, the faceless thousands, moved in everyday life, in everyday selfishness, in everyday agony. it pared down, down, to acquaintances, to friends, to family, and finally to me.

edit: i forgot to add that as it went down the list of people i knew, freely and easily the sins and failings of each was listed. and as the sins and failings came up, so came the pains and sufferings in their lives -- and the direct correlation of each. i was getting really scared being able to so easily pair their trials with their failings, like the listing of names and sins in the parable of jesus and the harlot about to be stoned. even in the seemingly unjustly fortunate i saw the jaws of the trap slowly close. there was no escape, enslavement by our own wrongs was but step away. scary!

and as i started to finally rouse it ended with, "and neither you, or anyone else, are free from guilt. in the great so in the small, the sins you are will be the sins you are ruled by. learn and choose to be free..."

i woke up horrified, sad, and strangely, liberated and joyous. a truth so simple, often restated as "what you give is what you get," to the point that it is often taken for granted, and yet this time it felt so more profound, more prophetic. the age is cleansing us as a whole, and we must take this lesson in our heart to cleanse ourselves in our individual lives. it felt weird dealing with something i thought i had already learned and taken to heart brought out to be sealed onto my soul. unnerving...

well, i don't know if this vision means anything to anyone, and i'm pretty sure it doesn't bring anything new to the table here, but i felt like i had to share, if only to get it out in some sort of self-validation.

:scared:

be good to each other, 'k! O8)

[NJCher]

1. gave me the shivers

Thinking about it...back when I'm coherent. :donut:




Cher

[I Have A Dream]

2. Very interesting dream, NuttyFluffers! It's great that it was so clear...

and that you remember it so well.

[NJCher]

3. Mid-afternoon, I'm finally lucid

This is a lucid dream which offers insight on an experiential level. I've had one experience like that, but it came from meditation and during a period of high psychic energy.

These insights are things we think we know intellectually but I think an experience like this makes us understand these truths in another way. For example, before I ever saw a ghost, I believed in them but when I actually saw a ghost, I believed in them in a totally different way.

As you say, this is an "as you sow, so shall you reap" message, but about a nation.




Cher

[rumpel]

4. So true.

Something to remember each moment and for every action and thought we manifest...

however I would not call it sin, but affliction as per Buddhist teachings, it is all about learning to conquer the afflictions to end suffering...